Dennis Larned, AAC-RERC Writers Brigade
During my first semester of college, I took a communication class in which I was required to write four essays. Since I had never drafted an essay before, I asked my professor for extra help. Gradually, I not only learned to craft compositions; I also developed a flare for writing. [...]
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Discovering Empowerment Through Writing
June 6th, 2012 | Posted in News & ArticlesTheory and Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Basic Sentence Grammatical Forms and Structures
March 16th, 2012 | Posted in News & ArticlesBy: Mary Sweig Wilson, Ph.D. (CCC-SLP), President, Laureate Learning Systems, Inc.
Problems with acquiring the grammatical component of language are characteristic of a broad range of children with language impairments regardless of etiology (e.g. autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments). Laureate’s LanguageLinks®: Syntax Assessment & Intervention and Prepositions! programs are designed to test and train [...]
Texthelp Systems Releases Powerful Cloud-based Apps for Mobile Devices
October 11th, 2011 | Posted in AT DevicesApps Include Read Aloud for Web and eBook Reader for Bookshare® eBooks on iPad, iPod Touch, and other Mobile Devices as well as PCs and Macs
Minneapolis, MN, October 11, 2011 — Texthelp Systems, leading provider of award-winning literacy software solutions, today announced the release of their new Suite of Web Apps at the Closing the [...]
Turn your iPad/iPhone/Touch or PC/MAC into a remote controller.
October 6th, 2011 | Posted in AT DevicesRJ Cooper has something new! Control TV/Cable/Satellite and other Infrared (IR) devices, as well as X10/Insteon real-world devices, from your iPad, iPhone, Ipod Touch, AND from any computer/tablet web browser, AND from PC with special talking & scanning software! Cool, eh?
A few months back RJ hinted at this. Well it’s finally here! The “RedEye” Controller [...]
RtI Goes Mobile
September 15th, 2011 | Posted in AT Information & ResourcesA Preliminary Evidence Base for RtI and Mobile Apps
by: Tracey L. McCully
(permission to reprint by: eSkills Learning – www.eskillslearning.net )
Mobile technology used for educational purposes is in its infancy. As such, there is a lack of research-based evidence for the use of mobile technology and applications as an effective strategy for intervention programs needed to [...]
Bookstream™: New Cloud-Based Library
September 6th, 2011 | Posted in What's New in ATBookstream™: New Cloud-Based Library Delivers eBooks to
Students’ iPads, Smartphones, and Laptops
This school year, educators will have a new option to deliver their books. In addition to handing out textbooks in class, they will deliver eBooks through the cloud to students’ iPads, smartphones, and laptops with a new online service called Bookstream.
Bookstream, developed by Don Johnston [...]
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
September 6th, 2011 | Posted in Washington NewsThe U.S. Department of Education today released the final regulations for the early intervention program under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These final regulations will help improve services and outcomes for America’s infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
Part C is a $436 million program administered by states that [...]
